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Today's Review
Book: Behind The Boards II by Jake Brown By Kelleigh Welch Riding off the success of his first edition, author Jake Brown recently released Behind the Boards II, the second volume of accounts by record producers and engineers on the making of some of music’s greatest hits, offering a mix of interviews and narration that reveal how famous songs like The Eagles’ “Hotel California,” Elton John’s “Rocketman,” and Lou Reed’s “Take A Walk On The Wild Side" were created. More »
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Today's Blog
NJ Raises Ruckus Over NYC Pier 97 Shows By Kelleigh Welch Across the Hudson River, New Jersey residents are getting a free spot to catch some of the summer's hottest concerts taking place on Manhattan's Pier 97—a situation that for many residents is becoming an issue.
2014 marks the inaugural year for the Pier 97 venue, located at 57th Street on the west side of Manhattan. This amphitheater was designed to project noise away from Manhattan, after residents near the former concert venue at Pier 26 complained of noise issues. However, while the new venue solves the noise complaints in Manhattan, it is projecting the sound over to New Jersey, disturbing residents up until at least 10 p.m. on performance nights.
“You get all of this concentrated sound just going right across the Hudson,” acoustic engineer Al Fierstein told CBS New York. More »